Background

Mr. John F. Cozzi is a Partner and Managing Director since he joined in January 2004 at AEA Investors LP. He is a Vice President at Everybody Wins. Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Cozzi co-founded Arena Capital Partners and served as the Managing Director from May 1999 to December 2003. At Arena, he led or co-led eight investments, including Arena’s five investments in the education services sector. Previously, Mr. Cozzi was the Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group ... of Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. and led the development of CSFB’s Education Industry practice, where he advised leading companies such as Education Management Corporation and ITT Educational Services Inc. Prior to joining CSFB, he was at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. (Citigroup CIB), and NYNEX Corporation. He has been a Director at ITT Educational Services Inc. since October 2003. He serves as a Director of Champions Tutoring Program, Everybody Wins!, International Education Corporation, The Swim, PLZ Holdings, EduNeering Inc., and Global Technology Finance LLC. He serves as a board member of Colony Hardware, Galco, Troxell Communications and Evans. He also served on the boards of former AEA portfolio companies Implus Footcare, In the Swim, Industrial Controls Distributors, National Rehab, Phillips Pet Food and Supplies, PLZ Aeroscience and Sextant Education. Mr. Cozzi received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. (Honors), in Economics and Computer Science from Union College.

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